hwrng: core - start hwrng kthread also for untrusted sources
Start the hwrng kthread even if the hwrng source has a quality setting of zero. Then, every crng reseed interval, one batch of data from this zero-quality hwrng source will be mixed into the CRNG pool. This patch is based on the assumption that data from a hwrng source will not actively harm the CRNG state. Instead, many hwrng sources (such as TPM devices), even though they are assigend a quality level of zero, actually provide some entropy, which is good enough to mix into the CRNG pool every once in a while. Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Cc: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com> Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@dominikbrodowski.net> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(default_quality,
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static void drop_current_rng(void);
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static int hwrng_init(struct hwrng *rng);
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static void hwrng_manage_rngd(struct hwrng *rng);
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static int hwrng_fillfn(void *unused);
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static inline int rng_get_data(struct hwrng *rng, u8 *buffer, size_t size,
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int wait);
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@ -96,6 +96,15 @@ static int set_current_rng(struct hwrng *rng)
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drop_current_rng();
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current_rng = rng;
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/* if necessary, start hwrng thread */
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if (!hwrng_fill) {
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hwrng_fill = kthread_run(hwrng_fillfn, NULL, "hwrng");
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if (IS_ERR(hwrng_fill)) {
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pr_err("hwrng_fill thread creation failed\n");
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hwrng_fill = NULL;
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}
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}
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return 0;
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}
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rng->quality = 1024;
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current_quality = rng->quality; /* obsolete */
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hwrng_manage_rngd(rng);
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return 0;
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}
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/* the best available RNG may have changed */
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ret = enable_best_rng();
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/* start/stop rngd if necessary */
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if (current_rng)
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hwrng_manage_rngd(current_rng);
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out:
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mutex_unlock(&rng_mutex);
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return ret ? ret : len;
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put_rng(rng);
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if (!quality)
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break;
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if (rc <= 0)
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continue;
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return 0;
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}
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static void hwrng_manage_rngd(struct hwrng *rng)
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{
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if (WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&rng_mutex)))
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return;
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if (rng->quality == 0 && hwrng_fill)
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kthread_stop(hwrng_fill);
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if (rng->quality > 0 && !hwrng_fill) {
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hwrng_fill = kthread_run(hwrng_fillfn, NULL, "hwrng");
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if (IS_ERR(hwrng_fill)) {
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pr_err("hwrng_fill thread creation failed\n");
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hwrng_fill = NULL;
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}
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}
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}
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int hwrng_register(struct hwrng *rng)
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{
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int err = -EINVAL;
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